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1、TheFifthDiscipline1Thereisalsoanother,insomewaysdeeper,movementtowardlearningorganizations,partoftheevolutionofindustrialsociety.MaterialTheFifthDisciplineaffluenceforthemajorityhasgraduallyshiftedpeople'sorientationtowardwork—fromwhatDanielYankelovichcalledan"instrumental"viewo
2、fwork,whereworkwasameanstoanend,toamore"sacred"1view,wherepeopleseekthe"intrinsic"benefitsofwork.1"OurgrandfathersworkedsixdaysaweektoearnwhatmostofusnowearnbyTuesdayafternoon,"saysBillO'Brien,CEOofHanoverInsurance."GIVEMEALEVER"Thefermentinmanagementwillcontinueuntilwebuildorga
3、nizationsthataremoreconsistentwithman'shigheraspirationsbeyondfood,LONGENOUGH...ANDshelterandbelonging."Moreover,manywhosharethesevaluesarenowinleadershipSINGLE-HANDEDICANpositions.Ifindagrowingnumberoforganizationalleaderswho,whilestillaminority,feeltheyarepartofaprofoundevolut
4、ioninthenatureMOVETHEWORLD"ofworkasasocialinstitution."Whycan'twedogoodworksatwork?"askedEdwardSimon,presidentofHermanMiller,recently."BusinessFromaveryearlyage,wearetaughttobreakapartproblems,toistheonlyinstitutionthathasachance,asfarasIcansee,tofragmenttheworld.Thisapparentlym
5、akescomplextasksandsubjectsfundamentallyimprovetheinjusticethatexistsintheworld.Butfirst,moremanageable,butwepayahidden,enormousprice.Wecannowewillhavetomovethroughthebarriersthatarekeepingusfromlongerseetheconsequencesofouractions;weloseourintrinsicsensebeingtrulyvision-ledandc
6、apableoflearning."ofconnectiontoalargerwhole.Whenwethentryto"seethebigpicture,"wetrytoreassemblethefragmentsinourminds,tolistandPerhapsthemostsalientreasonforbuildinglearningorganizationsisorganizeallthepieces.But,asphysicistDavidBohmsays,thetaskisthatweareonlynowstartingtounder
7、standthecapabilitiessuchfutile—similartotryingtoreassemblethefragmentsofabrokenmirrororganizationsmustpossess.Foralongtime,effortstobuildlearningtoseeatruereflection.Thus,afterawhilewegiveuptryingtoseetheorganizationswerelikegropinginthedarkuntiltheskills,areasofwholealtogether.
8、knowledge,andpathsfordevelopmentofsuchorganizat